First BPEX champion title goes to The Black Quack!
The first BPEX Regional Roadshow and Pork Product Excellence Awards of the 2012-2013 season got off to an excellent start in Norwich, with the Overall Champion title going to Tavern Tasty Meats for their imaginative product ‘The Black Quack’! The Black Quack, a Scotch egg made with a duck egg wrapped in a black pudding and sausage meat mix, is a relatively new product from the Norfolk-based rare breeds butcher. It triumphed in the...
Lamb tour gets underway
EBLEX kicked off its ‘Five Star Lamb Tour’ on a Quality Standard Mark Scheme approved farm in Kent. Catering butchers and chefs spent the day at Becket Farm House, where they were offered inspiration to help them put lamb back on the menu. Welcoming the guests, EBLEX foodservice project manager, Hugh Judd, said: “Over the next two months I will be travelling all over the country in a bid to get lamb back on the menu. This tour will...
Meat Management magazine to publish 10 times a year
In response to reader and advertising feedback Meat Management magazine is to increase its frequency and with effect from January 2013 it will publish 10 times a year. Since publisher, Graham Yandell launched the title back in 2008 it has gone from strength to strength and become both regarded and trusted as the quality publication for the UK meat industry. ” Our portfolio has grown steadily over time,” explained Yandell,...
Herdshire beef served up by top French chef
Paul Bocuse, who holds the record of 47 years for a restaurant with three Michelin stars, has started serving Herdshire Beef Select ribs at L’Ouest, in Lyon. EBLEX sees this as a seal of approval for Quality Standard beef from one of the world’s most respected chefs at his new brasserie in France. The Herdshire Beef Select range has been specifically designed for restaurants and carries EBLEX’s Quality Standard Mark (QSM). Rémi...
QMS launches campaign for better understanding of assurance definitions
Quality Meat Scotland has launched a campaign to encourage livestock farmers and others in the Scottish red meat industry to improve their understanding of assurance status. Posters explaining the three key categories of assurance – Scotch Assured (SA), Farm Assured (FA) and Non-Assured (NA) – will be displayed in auction markets and abattoir lairages around the country during the coming weeks. “Our industry’s pioneering assurance...
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